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3 Lessons I Learned About Sales from My Trip to South Africa

Shari Levitin

He revealed that while one anxious passenger at an airport gate can cause the entire lineup of travelers to exhibit stress, the opposite is also true. It’s easy to put off sending emails, cold calling and stalking new territories, but like the leopard, this is the lifeblood of your business.

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I Hate Sales: How to Excel When Selling Isn't Your Forte

Hubspot Sales

Rejection comes with the territory, from prospects choosing another vendor to cold calls hanging up because they have no interest in the conversation. Maybe yours is to travel the world after you retire, or settle down somewhere nice and quiet. You hate rejection. You daydream about doing anything else.

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Three lessons I learned about Sales from my Trip to South Africa

Shari Levitin

He revealed that while one anxious passenger at an airport gate can cause the entire lineup of travelers to exhibit stress, the opposite is also true. It requires the ability to be alone in thought at times and the necessity of going out and conquering wild new territories. The guide replied, “Absolutely, after all, she is a hunter.”

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7 Top Sales Tips for Medical Device Sales Teams

Bigtincan

Good reps map out their territory, understand each customer’s needs, and coordinate product logistics with local inventory managers and hospital personnel. . Sales territories and incentives restructuring. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, many hospitals changed their protocols to restrict in-person meetings and cold calls.

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The Pipeline ? Mobile Apps for the Mobile Sales Force

The Pipeline

FlightTrack Pro – One of the biggest pain points in a traveling profession is, you guessed it, traveling! It allows you to sync your travel itinerary, and then sends you push notifications about any changes with itinerary – delayed flights, change of gates, etc. Cold calling. Territory Alignment.

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The Sales Association: Cold Calling Lives

The Sales Association

Cold Calling Lives. If you are anything like me, you are sick and tired of hearing reports that cold calling is dead, especially when as part of your role you are required to cold call. In the description of the job you applied for, they specifically said there would be no cold calling.

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The Pipeline ? Work Your Cycle not the Calendar

The Pipeline

I tend to go with the latter, while we may need to mark time for a number of purposes, for sales professionals, and for actual sales, the sales cycle is somewhat indifferent to the artificial rhythms that accompany our travels through the years. Cold calling. Territory Alignment. Cold Calling Now.

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